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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7EA6b3jyE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh7EA6b3jyE

I just hired this movie on Amazon Prime for AU $6.
This is a dark movie about broken disfunctional people living very sad lives. It contains multiple rape/attempted rape scenes (including of a minor), so if that triggers you, this isn't the movie for you. It also contains quite a bit of violence, mostly against women. It isn't an easy movie to watch, but I still found it reasonably engaging, although very depressing.
I really don't know what the filmmaker was trying to say with this movie, because the entire plot consisted of one terrible thing happening after the next, mostly to our 14 year old lead character. There's no happiness in the film at all. No hope. Just abuse, sadness, violence, injustice followed by more abuse and more sadness. We could have been given a tiny bit of hope that our characters may have eventually found some happiness, but alas it was not to be, with an ambigious ending where the two lead characters appeared (to me at least) to be discussing their joint suicides. Do not watch this movie and expect to feel good afterwards.

The premise was certainly interesting, but I just found the execution to be very bland. The acting was adequate at best and the story itself struggled to keep my attention. 7/10.
Reo is one of the most clueless male leads I've ever seen in a drama. He looked almost permanently confused.

By my count, there were 2 triangles.

The fact that Reo allows Ikumi to basically cuddle him in front of his girlfriend is incredible pathetic. He really needs to grow a pair. And the fact that he walked out of the stadium to have a private conversation with his ex-girlfriend, again, in front of his current girlfriend is even more pathetic.

Quite an enjoyable drama, but didn't really have anything that I haven't seen before. Some of the slapstick humour extracted a giggle from me, but sometimes it was a little cringey. Certainly watchable, but won't be included in my top 10 dramas for 2024.
8.5/10 is my score.

The point I originally made is that Mi Ho's father thinks he has the right to decide who his adult daughter marries. When he aggressively announces that Mi Ho and Ju Il Yeong can't get merried, it is perfectly clear that he thinks he as the right to make that decision. I'm sure he thinks he is doing the right thing, but that doesn't change the fact that he thinks that he has the right to make that decision. That is what I find offensive. Even the phrase you used "marry his daughter off to anybody" implies that she is his property to marry off (or not) as he chooses. That is such a medieval way of thinking. She is an adult person, and in my opinion, she should have the freedom to choose her own life partner - and her family should respect her choice, rather than try to control and manipulate her.

Mi Ho's father stated assertively that he would not allow the marriage to occur. This wasn't a father showing that he has taught his daughter good values - this was a father asserting that he has the right to decide for his adult daughter who she can and cannot marry. But for all his bluster, he surrendered and dropped his objection just because his wife spoke up in approval of Ju Il Yeong.

If its true that a person can only get married in Korea with their parent's consent, then that is fucked up beyond belief. I just Googled it, and provided the person is at least 20 years old, they don't need their parent's permission to marry. I wish just once in a Kdrama when an interfering parent tries to control their adult children's marriage intentions, that adult child tells them to fuck off and mind their own business. I guess that probably woulnd't go down well with many Korean viewers, so I don't think I'll ever see it.

A beautiful conclusion to a very enjoyable drama. I'm not one to normally shed a tear watching a drama, but this special episode hit me right in the feels.

I just finished this drama and it was really good. I'd put it in my top 5 dramas for 2024. I've seen a few dramas where the MDL score really doesn't accurately reflect the quality of drama, and this is one of them. I guess some people just don't like slow burn romance, which makes we wonder why they watch that type of drama.
A few things about this drama I really liked:
1.) A believable breakup - not the usual contrived bullshit breakup due to some easily avoided (and usually very stupid) misunderstanding.
2.) A mature couple who when they start dating seriously, actually live together and (gasp) have sex.
3.) The special episode was well done, and even extracted a tear from this cynical old bastard.
4.) The chemistry between the leads was palpable.
My score is 9/10, and I was very close to giving it 9.5 - and as you can see from my list, I'm not one of these viewers who gives every second drama they watch a perfect 10.

I'm pretty sure Pin doesn't really understand the concept of punishment.

Then watch something else. There are thousands of dramas you can watch if this one isn't to your taste.

... a breakup between the leads in a drama that is believable. Far too many dramas have the leads break up over a silly misunderstanding, one that could have been clarified if one of the leads spoke a single sentence. I find those silly misunderstanding plots that result in a breakup almost always unsatisfying as a viewer, and reflects (in my judgement) a lack of creative skill by the scriptwriters in giving us a believable breakup. But in this drama, I personally found the breakup to be entirely believable. I'm not commenting on their decisions and whether or not I agree with them, but simply that I found the breakup itself to be believable, given the situation and their personalities.

Finally ...

I'm wondering just how detailed those visions of hers are.

But at least she tried, something that he WASN'T prepared to do. And she should never have had to try in the first place. It's her money. She should be able to spend it how she wants, when she wants without asking his permission or worrying about his insecurity. He's the one demanding that she change. She never asked him to change - all she wants is for him to not demand that she change. Why should he control how she spends her money? And if she does change as he demands, she actually suffers with a lower lifestyle. If he compromises, he benefits with a more comfortable lifestyle, but his pride is hurt. Lifestyle is a real and measurable thing. Pride is entirely in a person's head. If he could just let go of his insecurity and pride, he could have had a stunningly gorgeous girlfriend and potentially wife, and lived a comfortable lifestyle - but he will miss out on all of that simply due to his pride.

But Ling Wei Yi DID compromise completely with Qi Yi for a period of time - she DID accomodate Qi Yi. Qi Yi's pride repeatedly preventing him compromising even slightly. Also, it is not pride that causes someone to not want to have their lifestyle dramatically slashed - it is comfort. But it IS pride that causes someone to reject a more comfortable lifestyle because it is being funded by their partner. I agree they both deserve to be happy - and they COULD have been happy if Qi Yi let go of his pride and compromised, just as he expected Ling Wei Yi to do.

I just watched episode 13 and HT insulted JX 3 times by calling her (or implying that she was) stupid. If I was a betting person, I'd bet a few dollars that he will insult her in episode 14 as well.
I just watched episode 14 and I would have lost that bet. No insults, and in fact, he even complimented her once. I'm hoping he continues to act decently towards her going forward.